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Exceptional prog LPs that measure up to the genre's greatest benchmarks.

Progressive metal titans Dream Theater are about to embark on a tour of Mexico and South America that includes stops in never-before toured countries. In early March, the members of Dream Theater will hop a plane and head straight for Mexico which includes a fifth time playing Mexico City's National Auditorium...

"Metal music and comics are the choice of escapists everywhere," artist Tim Bradstreet, who got his start designing role-playing games before breaking into sequential art and then covers for comics, told Noisecreep. "And not just the fans, but the musicians themselves, from the Ramones to Monster Magnet to Rob Zombie...

Guitar, bass and drums are the conventional instrumentation for nearly all heavy metal. Some bands have also used organs or synthesizers, and throughout the history of the genre, a select few have utilized the Mellotron, a magnetic-tape keyboard originally invented as the Chamberlin organ in a California garage in the late 1940s...

Ace Mark from Bigelf is currently on the road with the Progressive Nation 2009 European tour with Dream Theater, Opeth and Unexpect. He hates people who write about themselves in the third person. RomeI guess it is true what they say: all roads lead to Rome...

Ace Mark from Bigelf is currently on the road with the Progressive Nation 2009 European tour with Dream Theater, Opeth and Unexpect. He hates people who write about themselves in the third person. Brussels, BelgiumAfter our own little club tour, it was back to playing venues on the Progressive Nation Tour again...

Ace Mark from Bigelf is currently on the road with the Progressive Nation 2009 European tour with Dream Theater, Opeth and Unexpect. He hates people who write about themselves in the third person.ParisHaving never played in France before, we were totally taken by surprise by how the crowd was totally rocking...

Ace Mark from Bigelf is currently on the road with the Progressive Nation 2009 European tour with Dream Theater, Opeth and Unexpect. He hates people who write about themselves in the third person.Helsinki, FinlandThe Ice Hall in Helsinki is a very special venue for me...

Ace Mark from Bigelf is currently on the road with the Progressive Nation 2009 tour with Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa and Scale the Summit. He hates people who write about themselves in the third person. Denver After a day off in Omaha, Neb...

Ace Mark from Bigelf is currently on the road with the Progressive Nation 2009 tour with Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa and Scale the Summit. He hates people who write about themselves in the third person. Winnipeg, Manitoba After a dreadful 24-hour drive from Toronto to Winnipeg, we finally got to the Burton Cummings Theater...